Steve Jobs is a 21st-century leader who had a great impact on Apple Inc. Steve Jobs was responsible for the establishment of Apple Inc. together his friend Steve Wozniak in his parents’ garage in 1976. By the time he died in 2011, he had put together the company to be the most valuable company in its time. He was responsible for the transformation of many industries including personal computing, digital publishing, phones, animated movies, retail stores, music and tablet computing. Steve Jobs are remembered in history for applying his imagination to technology and business. The aim of this paper is to discuss the leadership styles of Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was a transformational leader as he focused on transforming other people by making …show more content…
A company’s organizational structure helps in creating opportunities for the business to grow. It can, however, have a limitation on how the organization grows. Apple 's organizational structure can be described as traditional hierarchy structure with other key elements from other types of organizational structures. The success of Apple can be associated with the great innovation as well as the leadership from Steve Jobs. However, the organizational structure of the company is in part responsible for supporting that kind of leadership from Steve Jobs (Kouzes, …show more content…
He encouraged creativity among employees, and this stimulated them to work hard as he believed that those are crazy enough to think that they are capable of changing the world then they are the ones that do it. He encouraged the employees and the whole company to risk failure if they wanted to be great and this made employees work hard towards fulfilling the company’s goals and improving productivity (Elliot J. &.,
Steve Jobs was a transformational leader as he focused on transforming other people by making …show more content…
A company’s organizational structure helps in creating opportunities for the business to grow. It can, however, have a limitation on how the organization grows. Apple 's organizational structure can be described as traditional hierarchy structure with other key elements from other types of organizational structures. The success of Apple can be associated with the great innovation as well as the leadership from Steve Jobs. However, the organizational structure of the company is in part responsible for supporting that kind of leadership from Steve Jobs (Kouzes, …show more content…
He encouraged creativity among employees, and this stimulated them to work hard as he believed that those are crazy enough to think that they are capable of changing the world then they are the ones that do it. He encouraged the employees and the whole company to risk failure if they wanted to be great and this made employees work hard towards fulfilling the company’s goals and improving productivity (Elliot J. &.,